About Beth Donovan

Our silly goats seem to enjoy being out in the snow. When I went out to get them their hay, they were all out in the pasture instead of their run in. All the goats ran over to me, except … Continue reading →

In the winter, we just keep piling straw onto the the barn floor. It’s called deep bedding, I believe, and it keeps the critters warmer. You just keep piling straw or other bedding over the poops – and goats have … Continue reading →

We went to a Rotary event tonight. It’s an important one, about fundraising. It was a nice dinner, but I am completely peopled out. I’m never very good in large groups of people I don’t know very well, so I … Continue reading →

I had hopes of all my goats being sheared a month ago, but weather, work and a woeful attitude delayed it all. Here is a photo of Miss DeeDee, well in need of shearing. I have a whole bunch more … Continue reading →

As many of you know, November is National Novel Writing Month. I have a lot friends who work hard on this every year. I don’t have a novel in me, but I do have a blog! A mostly Goat Blog … Continue reading →

Drugs seem to be helping. So, as an update, we lost two of the three very sick goats that I wrote about in July. It’s been a rough 6 weeks or so. I have spent a lot of time checking … Continue reading →

Yeah, I wrote there for a few days in a row – a couple of months ago!! Then I fell down into that hole again. Climbing back up. Working on recovering the house – vacuuming, dusting, all that fun stuff! … Continue reading →

Well, my 7 bottle baby kids are slowly being weaned off the bottle. Today, I decided to feed one at a time, then put the kid on my grooming stand so I could trim nails and spray anti-bug stuff on … Continue reading →

From 1996 until 2007, our two horses, Willy and Petey, lived at the Ft. Leavenworth Stables. I have so many stories of the people and horses and critters that lived in that area, in that era. A lot of members … Continue reading →

I did mention a week or so ago that I needed to give up some habits to be a more successful goat herder/ fiber artist. I did delete from my Kindle one of the two games that suck me in … Continue reading →